Iconic Alberta and BC national parks to receive infrastructure upgrades
Parks Canada has announced money to improve safety and experiences for visitors to four mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia.
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Rising prices, food insecurity add to ranks of hungry in Asia
Growing numbers of people in Asia lack enough to eat as food insecurity rises with higher prices and worsening poverty, according to a new report released by the Food and Agricultural Organization and other United Nations agencies.
Trudeau questions 'illogical' decision to subcontract ArriveCan development
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked Canada's top public servant to look into the government's procurement process over what he said seemed to be a "highly illogical and inefficient" contract to develop the ArriveCan app.
Trudeau non-committal about sending tanks to Ukraine as other allies push ahead
Canada's allies are pledging to send tanks to Ukraine, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave no indication on Monday, January 23, 2023, morning about whether Ottawa will follow suit.
Feds, First Nations settle class-action lawsuit over ‘collective harm’ of residential day schools
Ottawa will provide $2.8 billion to half of the First Nations in Canada for community wellness and language revitalization as part of the residential day school survivor settlement, otherwise known as the Gottfriedson day scholar settlement.
‘I’ve only got one set of hands’: Last remaining ER doctor in B.C. town wants to hire physician assistant out of his own pocket
The last remaining ER doctor in Port Hardy come July wants B.C. to allow the use of physician assistants, employed in other provinces in Canada, to deal with the hemorrhage of doctors and nurses in the North Island region.
Climate disinformation is on the rise. Here is how some experts are tracking it
The newest episode of Hot Politics features researchers who found so much climate disinformation online that they needed an intelligence team to fight it.
Salt lakes in the American West are turning to dust
A new research and monitoring program aims to conserve threatened but overlooked saline ecosystems.
Biden’s next climate challenge: persuading Americans to buy green
President Joe Biden persuaded Democrats in Congress to provide hundreds of billions of dollars to fight climate change. Now comes another formidable task: enticing Americans to buy millions of electric cars, heat pumps, solar panels and more efficient appliances.
Brazil's Lula vows to work to reverse Amazon deforestation
Shaking a traditional rattle, Brazil’s incoming head of Indigenous affairs recently walked through every corner of the agency’s headquarters — even its coffee room — as she invoked help from ancestors during a ritual cleansing.
Verdict in Montreal hate crime expected today
A Quebec court judge is scheduled to deliver his verdict in the trial of a Montreal man accused of promoting hatred against Jews.
Feds outline challenges of fire codes on First Nations
The federal government does not have a willing partner to find a way to introduce fire codes on First Nation reserves, a newly released document shows.
Housing and recession to be discussed by federal cabinet this week
The ongoing affordability crunch and the threat of a looming recession will be front and centre as the federal Liberal cabinet holds a post-holiday cabinet retreat this week.
Bruised but not broken, Green Party heads east to regroup its grassroots
The federal Greens are kicking off 2023 with a visit to Atlantic Canada as the party tries to rebuild support across the country.
‘Holy grail’ wheat gene find could feed our overheated world
Harvests that form a vital element of the diets of 4.5 billion people are being devastated by global heating. Now research has found a key to create a heat-resistant variety.